diff --git a/pmd-java/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/codestyle/xml/UnnecessaryCast.xml b/pmd-java/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/codestyle/xml/UnnecessaryCast.xml
index 03187c266c..8878e19adf 100644
--- a/pmd-java/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/codestyle/xml/UnnecessaryCast.xml
+++ b/pmd-java/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/codestyle/xml/UnnecessaryCast.xml
@@ -120,6 +120,19 @@ public class UnnecessaryCastSample {
         Map<String, ?> map = new HashMap<>();
         String dataFromMap = (String) map.get("foo");
     }
+}
+        ]]></code>
+    </test-code>
+
+    <test-code>
+        <description>Avoid clone false-positive</description>
+        <expected-problems>0</expected-problems>
+        <code><![CDATA[
+public class UnnecessaryCastSample {
+    public void localVars() {
+        List<String> strings = new ArrayList<>();
+        List<String> copy = (List<String>) strings.clone();
+    }
 }
         ]]></code>
     </test-code>